#58

Emmanuel Ellerbee

Linebacker for Rice. 2017: 120 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

LB · Rice · #58

6′1″ · 235 lb · Houston, TX

Rice 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 2599 nationally · Signed with Rice

Statement game17 tacklesvs Southern Miss (FBS) · L 34-43

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 linebacker for Rice. 2017: 120 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Rice in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Rice, 231 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with Rice2-star out of Strake Jesuit

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2599 national

CFB

College

Rice

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under David Bailiff — 4-20 over that span.

2016Rice3-9HC: David Bailiff · Run-leaning

2017Rice1-11HC: David Bailiff · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#16 / 2682 · 99th pct

120

Solo tackles#17 / 2682 · 99th pct

Tackles for loss#386 / 2682 · 84th pct

6.5

Sacks#672 / 2682 · 73rd pct

1.5

Passes defended#746 / 2682 · 66th pct

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Forced fumbles#69 / 715 · 45th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	11.3	0.4	0.0	0.3
Road6g	8.7	0.7	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	9.3	0.7	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	10.7	0.4	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Abell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Rice	120	68	6.5	1.5	2	--	--
2016	Rice	111	67	8.0	3.5	1	1	--
Career		231	135	14.5	5.0	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017

W 31–14

at UTEP

9 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

With J. Fox — 40 AVG · 48 LONG · 4 NO · S. Glaesmann — 131 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 25.6 · 23 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week